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New York Times:
Obama Advisers Weigh Offensive Against the G.O.P. — WASHINGTON — President Obama's political advisers, looking for ways to help Democrats and alter the course of the midterm elections in the final weeks, are considering a range of ideas, including national advertisements …
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Tea Party Victory Opens Rift Between Moderate and Conservative Republicans — WASHINGTON — The few remaining Republican centrists in the Senate were eagerly awaiting the arrival of Michael N. Castle of Delaware, a longtime and reliable moderate voice who could provide some counterbalance …
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New York Times:
G.O.P. Insider Fuels Tea Party and Suspicion — WASHINGTON — In the days leading up to the Delaware primary, Sal Russo hosted a radio fund-raiser, organized a political rally and pressed the case with reporters that Christine O'Donnell was the Tea Party's choice for the United States Senate.
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CNN:
Murkowski: I was victim of ‘smear’ campaign
Murkowski: I was victim of ‘smear’ campaign
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Bloomberg: Tea Party is a ‘boomlet’
Bloomberg: Tea Party is a ‘boomlet’
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Randall Chase / Associated Press:
O'Donnell makes light of witchcraft comment — LINCOLN, Del. - Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell is making light of comments she made more than a decade ago when she was in high school about having dabbled in witchcraft. — “How many of you didn't hang out with questionable folks …
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Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
O'Donnell On ‘Witchcraft’ …
O'Donnell On ‘Witchcraft’ …
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Memo to the Right: “The Lombardi Rule” Is In Effect
Memo to the Right: “The Lombardi Rule” Is In Effect
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
SCOTT JOHNSON: If Al Franken was able to overcome his personal record to become a United States Senator, Christine O'Donnell certainly can. “O'Donnell has the additional advantage of having a man who formerly advertised himself as the bearded Marxist for her opponent.”
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Bruce Drake / Politics Daily:
Karl Rove Says Christine O'Donnell Needs to Explain Witchcraft ‘Dabbling’ to Voters … Karl Rove, political mastermind for former President Bush said Sunday that Christine O'Donnell, the Tea Party insurgent who won an upset victory in Delaware for the GOP Senate nomination, “can't simply ignore” …
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Roxana Tiron / The Hill:
Rove: Murkowski's write-in campaign is ‘sad and sorry’
Rove: Murkowski's write-in campaign is ‘sad and sorry’
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The Hill:
Clinton says he was wrong on healthcare bill's popularity — Former president Bill Clinton, a champion of healthcare reform, admitted on Sunday that he made the wrong prediction about the popularity of President Obama's healthcare bill. — Initially, Clinton had predicted that the polls …
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Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Bill Clinton: Tea Party is ‘general revolt against bigness’
Bill Clinton: Tea Party is ‘general revolt against bigness’
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Motoko Rich / New York Times:
For the Unemployed Over 50, Fears of Never Working Again — VASHON ISLAND, Wash. — Patricia Reid is not in her 70s, an age when many Americans continue to work. She is not even in her 60s. She is just 57. — But four years after losing her job she cannot, in her darkest moments …
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Associated Press:
Colin Powell: Illegal Immigrants Fix My House — Former Secretary of State Urges Republicans to Support Path to Legal Status for Undocumented Workers — (AP) Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says illegal immigrants do essential work in the U.S. and he has firsthand knowledge of that - because they fix his house.
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Roxana Tiron / The Hill:
Powell holds off on next endorsement, says Obama should focus on ‘governing’
Powell holds off on next endorsement, says Obama should focus on ‘governing’
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Media Decoder:
Newsweek's Howard Fineman to Join The Huffington Post — Howard Fineman, one of the more recognizable pundits on cable television and a correspondent for Newsweek for 30 years, is leaving the magazine to become a senior editor at The Huffington Post. — Mr. Fineman's move from a print medium …
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Marianne Moran / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Give States a Tool to Check Federal Power — Richmond, Va. — George Mason and James Madison were two Virginians who, while initially differing on the wisdom of adding a Bill of Rights to the Constitution, ended up working together to craft the first 10 amendments.
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DownWithTyranny!:
What's A Wanker To Do? —by Noah — I think Christine O'Donnell has ruined masturbation for me. She's in my thoughts now, polluting my inner world. — The teabaggers, Republicans, republikooks, or whatever we're supposed to call our culture's wackjob element these days are always fine ones …
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